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Games Convention Leipzig 2008
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GC: Day One (Meet the Devs) - News
By Emanuel Avram
Published: August 20, 2008
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We started early in the morning with Codemasters, who've shown us cool stuff from Operation Flashpoint 2, Fuel, Damnation and Overlord.
- Operation Flashpoint 2 will be coming sometime 2009, and was pre-alpha, but it looks really impressive. In a word: war.
- Fuel is one of the biggest most varied race games I've ever seen and everything takes place on a real custom-made world map.
- Damnation is a shooter based on a new concept: vertical tactical combat.
- Overlord Minions for the DS and Overlord Dark Legend for the Wii bring some fresh concepts for these consoles, and will be available next year.
Of course, you can read previews for most of these games on our site real soon, so keep checking back!
We moved to Akella, where Boris was kind enough to show us Disciples III which looks a lot better than I was expecting; PT Boats, that is closer now to be released, and has a tactical and simulation mode; Heavy Duty, a RTS with an interesting Sci-Fi story; plus A Stroke of Fate - a World War II adventure.
Vince was also kind enough to showcase Postal III for us (plus we've got the coolest t-shirts from Running With Scissors!). There should also be a video interview available around here somewhere soon...
Aion is the next big thing from NCsoft. The game looks amazing and we'll be playing it in a couple of days when the test servers open. I'll let you know more about it then.
Our old friends at Techland had Warhound and Dead Island, their upcoming games, put on hold unfortunately. They've focused on Chrome Engine 2 and we'll be publishing some videos with it soon. CE 2 really makes developing cool looking games a breeze. Plus, they had 3 upcoming, unannounced games. Now, we've tried to pull any more info out, like their titles, with no luck...
Finally, by far the coolest booth was cd Projekt again (like last year). Free beer maaaaan. But seriously, The Witcher Enhanced Edition is what every RPG fan wants. Tons of enhancements and bug fixes make this game feel more like a Collector's Edition. See what happens if you listen to fans?
See you tomorrow with the latest GC info. Same time, same place! Bye!
PS: The Witcher VS, the free, flash version of the famous RPG is growing in both features and fanbase. You should also check that out sometime...
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Although it does not include all the patch notes, I thought I'd add this now so you get the general idea of what will change in the next major World of Warcraft Patch 2.4.0.
The image on the Blizzard Entertainment Splash Page is updated, continuing to raise expectations that an announcement is forthcoming from this weekend's Worldwide Invitational event.
Electronic Arts Inc. announced today that The Sims Castaway Stories for the PC is on store shelves across Europe.
Tornado & LightHouse PhysX Mod maps for UT3 ready for download now.
Although Pro Street has been released, EA continues to create new patches for Carbon.
Welcome back, LEGION. Indeed, Joe Kucan is back, portraying the legendary self-proclaimed prophet Kane, through 20 years of Command and Conquer history: past, present and future. The 13 missions spread story explains what happened to the Brotherhood of Nod right after the Second Tiberium War, and fill the history gap left by the original Command and Conquer 3. And then of course some more, the action takes us a bit more into the future, showing just a sneak peak of the shape of things to come.
"A murder?...a suicide?...an accident?...a coincidence?... Follow the evidence and find the moment of truth. It's all about the evidence and more like the show than ever" We'll see...
The stellar "Sins of a Solar Empire" hits our PCs with a unique interesting new combination of game genres and a few cool ideas that should draw the attention of quite a few strategy fans. The newcomer Ironclad Games managed the impossible and created a competitive title indeed. But aside from all the prays and high marks this game received overall, its approach on RTS and the mix of elements it brings, one can find some things that will bother a few players and that will eventually influence the grades of this review. Ok, let's take it from the top.
Sherlock Holmes, the worlds` greatest detective, created by Arthur Conan Doyle is about to face his biggest challenge so far: Arsene Lupin, the worlds` greatest thief, created by Maurice Leblanc. Who is going to win this battle of wits? Who is going to be victorious, and, most importantly, who would you like to see as the winner?
I thought a bit about how to start this. While saying that Silent Hunter IV is the best submarine simulator out there is true, it doesn't mean much, especially for new players. Saying it is one of the best simulator games out there is again accurate, but again, a bit of an understatement. Why? Well because... despite the high complexity and realism involved, Ubisoft Romania managed to develop a game that is appealing to the beginners as well, in a certain degree.
Lineage II had it share of success. At the time the game was released, it was one of the most beautiful MMOG on the market. To take its place as the most beautiful MMOG, the Ragnarok Online (or RO) developers from imcGames created Sword of the New World: Granado Espada.
We were able to take part in 2 battles and what we saw pleased us. The transition to the 3D helped the game and gave it a better view on the battlefield. You can move the camera and this way you get a better look at the action. The units are amazing and their animations are clean and good looking. Same goes for spells and effects: you will love what you see.
Last week I began to search some new independent games. Suddenly I stumbled upon this interesting racing game called Nitro Stunt Racing. The title sounds non-original but the content tends to be if not original, at least interesting.
In a perfect world, everything is controlled by a balance between Chaos and Order. But what happens if things start to get messy and a great evil is about to unleash an epic conflict onto the universe? This is what NCsoft decided to unveil and also explain why Aion is a MMO bound to have success.
So here I am back on the road with a BMW. This time in Race 07 demo. The only racing-simulation game that really impressed me at GC. But only with the help of the Steam client which probably will become the "god" of online distribution! Anyway a big minus for this decision of playing the game only through Steam.
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| Games Convention Leipzig - 2008 August 19, 2008 Our Games32 reporters, Emanuel and Flaviu took the plane to Leipzig,
Germany to look for, assimilate and bring you the latest news about the
gaming industry from Game Convention 2008. Stay close and keep an eye for GC information as we update this article frequently. Enjoy!
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